Diana Snowden Seysses
Affiliation
Ashes and Diamonds Winery
Winemaker at Snowden Vineyards and Ashes & Diamonds in Napa Valley
i. Biography
Diana Snowden Seysses is a Napa Valley native and third-generation family member at Snowden Vineyards, graduating from UC Davis with a B.S. in Viticulture and Enology in 2001. She began her career with harvests at Robert Mondavi Winery and other estates in California and France, joining Domaine Dujac as enologist in 2003 and becoming winemaker at Snowden Vineyards from the 2005 vintage while also serving as winemaker for Ashes & Diamonds since 2016. Married to Jeremy Seysses of Domaine Dujac, she divides her time between Napa Valley and Burgundy, focusing on terroir-driven wines with minimal intervention.
The Archive
Selected Works & Focus Areas
Focus 01
Winemaker at Snowden Vineyards and Ashes & Diamonds in Napa Valley
Focus 02
Enologist and Cellar Master at Domaine Dujac in Burgundy
Focus 03
Advocacy on climate change in wine production and member of Porto Protocol steering committee